Unit 8
1.By five o’clock this evening he ________in Hong Kong.
A has been traveling
B is to travel
C having traveled
D will be traveling
2. Mary _______ this movie until yesterday.
A didn’t see
B hadn’t seen
C wasn’t seeing
D hasn’t seen
3. I’d rather that you _______ tell him.
A don’t
B not
C didn’t
D can’t
4. Yesterday he promised that he ________ today, but he hasn’t appeared yet.
A will come
B is coming
C would have come
D would come
5. The city of Montreal ________ over 70 squares miles.
A covers
B that covers
C covering
D is covered
6. Experiments in the photography of moving subjects__________ in both the United States and Europe well before 1900.
A have been conducting
B were conducting
C had been conducted
D being conducted
7. By next August, I ________ here for two years.
A have been living
B had been living
C will have been living
D will live
8. We _______ 15 lessons by the end of last year.
A learned
B learn
C had learned
D had been learning
9. A strange woman _______ the room and _______ the window.
A enters is closing
B entered closed
C entered had closed
D enters close
10. I’ll go with you as long as I ________ to sing.
A won’t have
B don’t have
C haven’t
D am not having
11.Xiao Li _______ home, otherwise he would have phoned me.
A have got
B ought to have got
C couldn’t have got
D shouldn’t have got
12. Mary is not so interested in music as she _______.
A was used to
B was used to be
C use to
D used to be
13. He ought to be punished, _______ he?
A shouldn’t
B can’t
C oughtn’t to
D shan’t
14. What are you doing? You ________ be studying now.
A may
B should
C shall
D would
15. You are certainly right, whatever others _______ say.
A must
B may
C should
D can
16. His wife _______ him three fine children.
A has born
B borne
C has borne
D was born
17. This coat _______ you.
A isn’t fit by
B isn’t fit
C does not fit
D does not fit for
18. My watch doesn’t work very well and it ________.
A need to be repaired
B needs to repair
C needs repairing
D is needed to repair
19. George would certainly have attended the meeting_________.
A if he didn’t miss the bus
B if he hadn’t missed the bus
C had he not had missed the bus
D had he missed the bus
20. The porter insisted _____ us with our luggage
A to help
B on helping
C he can help
D in helping。